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Loddiges, Smith, Rollisson, Wells, Allnutt, and Gray. It was decided 

 " that Messrs. Chandler and Sons are entitled to the first prize of the 

 large silver medal ; and that Messrs. Loddiges and Mr. Smith are entitled 

 to the Banksian medals j" and it was further recommended that the same 

 medal be given to Wm. Wells, Esq. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Camellia reticulata, Justfcia 

 coccinea, Haemanthus coccineus, Jmygdalus communis var. macrocarpa, 

 Primula verticillata, O'xalis cernua, and a species of Eupatdnwra. 



It was announced from the chair that six lectures on botany, applied 

 to horticulture, would J be given on the following Wednesdays, at three 

 o'clock ; namely, May 9. 16. 23. and 30., and June 6. and 13. ; and fellows 

 desiring tickets for ladies were requested to apply for them in writing. 

 (Seep. 380.) 



April 17, — Read. A description of a double range of forcing-pits, 

 heated by hot water ; by R. H. Roundell, Esq. : and a paper on the 

 grafting of the walnut tree ; by T. A. Knight, Esq. 



Exhibited. Very beautiful specimens of Magnolia Soulangeawa, from 

 Messrs. Brown of Slough. 100 species and varieties of iVarcissus, 

 Anemone hortensis superba, Anemone hortensis purpurea, and the High 

 Admiral variety of Anemone coronaria, from Mr. James Young. A new 

 and very handsome species of Solanum, from Chiloe, from Mr. H. Low of 

 Clapton. A small plant, with two very fine bunches of flowers, of a 

 hybrid Rhododendron arboreum, Magnolia conspicua, and Wistaria Con- 

 sequawa, from Mrs. Marryat. Camellia japonica imbricata, japonica 

 Rossii, japonica Welbankiawa, and two seedlings, from J. Allnutt, Esq. 

 Magnolia conspicua, and twenty sorts of Camellia, from Mr. Richard 

 Chandler. Fine specimens of Hunt's Duke of Gloucester apple, and of 

 Beurre ranee or Hardenpont pear, from Thomas Hunt, Esq. A hybrid 

 Cactus, and Camellia Sasdnqua rosea, from the Comte de Vandes. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Four sorts of Ribes, two sorts of 

 Pyrus, double-flowering peach, white-flowering peach, double-flowering 

 furze, Azalea indica phoenicea and indica alba, Erythrina herbacea, 

 Primus sinensis, Haemanthus multiflorus, yellow Chinese rose, Magnolia 

 Soulangeawa. 



May 1. — Read. A paper on the construction of a hot-bed, to be heated 

 by means of hot water ; by W. H. Nash, Esq. A paper on the construc- 

 tion of a perpetual hot-bed ; by John Osborn, Esq. 



Exhibited. A hybrid Cactus, from Walter Boyd, Esq. ; raised by his 

 gardener, Mr. Pressley. Beaumontia grandiflora, from Alderman Cope- 

 land. .Erica arborea and mediterranea, from Mr. Wood, of Maresfield. 

 Clivea nobilis, and a narrow-leaved variety of Hovea Celsii, from Messrs. 

 Rollisson. Two sorts of litchis, from J. Reeve, Esq. Azalea sinensis, 

 Templetonia retusa, Erythronium luteum, and auriculas, from W. Wells, 

 Esq. Young's seedling apple, from Mr. James Young. A sowing-ma- 

 chine, from Lord Vernon. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. Flowers. Calceolaria bicolor and 

 integrifolia angustifolia, Gesneria bulbosa and macrostachya; O'xalis flori- 

 bunda (of Lind/ey in the Botanical Register), O. rosea var. of others j 

 Prunus domestica flore pleno, and serrulata ; Ameldnchier ovalis and Botry- 

 apium ; Ribes aureum prae v cox, aureum serotinum, aureum sanguineum, 

 sanguineum, cereum, and tenuiflorum; double-flowering furze, tulips. — 

 Vegetables. Leeks, Flanders spinach, Knight's protecting broccoli. 



May 15. — Exhibited. Seedling Camellias, from Mr. Wells. Tulips, 

 from Mr. H. Groom. Lettuces, from Mr. Hunt. Erythrina Crista galli, 

 from Mr. Mills ; a fine specimen, 6 ft. high. Paeonia Moidan rosea, from 

 Messrs. Chandler. Cucumber, from Mr. F. Turner, Eton College. A 

 beautiful collection of varieties of heartsease, from Mr. James Young. 



Also, from the Garden of the Society. P&onia Moutan />apaveracea, 



